Pocket structure



May 3, 1949. H. T. BROWN POCKET STRUCTURE Filed June 23, 1947 H.-T. BROWN POCKET STRUCTURE May 3, 1949.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 23, 1947 Patented May 3, 1949 POCKET STRUCTURE Holwin T. Brown, Troutman, N. C., assignor to Troutman Shirt Company, Troutman, corporation of North Carolina N. C., a

Application June 23, 1947, serial No. 756,531

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a pocket and especially to a cigarette pocket for shirts and especially work shirts, wherein not only a cigarette pocket is provided for holding a package of cigarettes, but also an additional pocket is provided between the cigarette pocket and the body of the shirt proper so that other articles such as handkerchiefs and the like may be stowed in the inner pocket.

Work shirts are usually composed of rather heavy material and workers usually perspire freely. By providing a double pocket, namely, one pocket next to the shirt front and another pocket on the exterior surface of the first pocket, there will be additional thicknesses of fabric between the cigarettes desposited in the outer pocket and the body of the wearer, and furthermore, usually other materials are placed in the inner pocket which thus holds the inner surface of the cigarette pocket in spaced relation to the portion of the inner pocket which is disposed next to the body of the wearer.

It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a pocket especially for a shirt front and said pocket having secured to the exterior portion thereof an additional pocket, thus providing inner and outer pockets, preferably of different dimensions, and having a common fastening means such as a button and eyelets for both the inner and outer pocket.

Some of the objects of the invention having been stated, other objects will appear as the description proceeds when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of the left front portion of a shirt and showing my improved pocket;

Figure 2 is an exploded isometric View of the pocket portions and a portion of the shirt front to which they are attached;

Figure 3 is an exploded vertical sectional View taken vertically along the line 3-3 in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is an isometric View showing the pocket in closed position and having an object therein;

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional View through the two pockets and the shirt front and showing a package of cigarettes in section therein;

Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line 6-6 in Figure 4.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, the numeral I0 indicates a conventional work shirt having a front portion II to which is secured by conventional means, a button I2. Stitched to the shirt front II by lines of stitches I4 and I5 r is a pocket member I6 which has its edges turned inwardly before being sewed to the shirt front.

Along the top edges of the member I6 is a pair of alined stitches I8 and I9 which hold the inturned upper edge of the portion I6 in position. There are two lines of stitches 20 and 2l which extend horizontally across the portion I6 but which do not penetrate the shirt front I I. These are largely for strengthening purposes.

The lines of stitches I4 and I5v also penetrate the lower edge of an outer pocketl 23 which is turned inwardly at its lower edge before the lines of stitches I4 and I5 pass therethrough. Vertical lines of stitches 24 and 25 secure the vertical edges of the pocket 23 to the inner pocket portion I6. The upper edge of the member 23 is in a flattened inverted V-shape, and the edges of the fabric are turned inwardly and secured together by lines of stitches 26 and 21. A button hole 23 is provided in the member I6, and a button hole 3| is provided in the outer member 23 which coincide with each other so that the single button I2 may be passed through one or both of the button holes 28 and 3| to secure the pockets in closed position.

The upper edges of the member I6, as previously described, are turned downwardly and into position by the lines of stitches 26 and 21. However, before the lines of stitches 26 and 21 are passed through the fabric 23, a short piece of fabric 31, but to conform to the shape of the upper end of outer pocket 23, is inserted beneath the hem at the upper end of the pocket and then the lines of stitches 26 and 21 are passed through the hem on the upper end of the member 23 and also through the upper edge of the member 31 which has -its edge portion turned inwardly into the form of a hem to thus present a nished edge.

It is thus seen that I have provided a double pocket having an inner space or pocket 40 and an outer space or pocket 4I whereby a very ornamental and useful effect is produced in that cigarettes and other objects disposed in outer pockets are protected by two layers of fabric between the same and the body of the wearer, and furthermore, if objects are placed in the inner pocket 40 then the wall I6 forming a partition between the inner and outer cavities 40 and 4I will be held away from contact with the shirt front II and thus perspiration cannot gain access to the contents of the outer pocket to be absorbed by the contents.

In the drawings and specification, there has been set forth a preferred embodiment of the invention, and although specific terms are emof said second piece of material having a button hole centrally disposed and a button secured t9 the shirt front and adapted to be passed 'tloigh the button hole, a, third piege of material pf Width than the second piee of material cured to the second piece of material at itsfbot: tom by a line of stitches and geggrgd to the sec; ond piece of material at its sides by`a line of stitches, the upper end of the third piece forma; terial sloping upwardlynto a, point and having a fourth piece of material stitched to the inner upper surface thereof and conforming in shape to the upper end of the third piece of material to reinforce the upper portion of the third piece of material, the extreme upper ends of the third and fourth pieces of material havingcoinciding button holes therethrough coinciding with the EBF-E9?? CPHQ l@ @le Smit v-frQn-t- REFERENCES CITED @he following references are of record in the le ofthis patent:

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